She was born in 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. She was the youngest of the four children of John and Elizabeth (Leszczynski) Hickey.

Calling hours are set to take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 at the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home, 20 Church St., Saranac Lake. A Mass of Christian Burial is set to take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 at St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake with the Rev. John Yonkovig officiating. Burial will follow in St. Bernard’s Cemetery in Saranac Lake.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or Camp Guggenheim in care of the funeral home.